As we enter our third year of the pandemic, the students of SFSU continue to show our passion, dedication, and resilience in the face of great ambiguity. Despite ongoing uncertainty, our community has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to our scholarship by adapting to new modes of learning and communication. Not only that—students have also explored new avenues through which to cultivate our social relationships, embracing technologies to help sustain our need for human connection. But what happens when it’s not enough? Last year’s edition of Interpretations (“Enduring Relationships: Difficult Times in Literature and Our Lives”) reflected us after a year of living, processing, and surviving as we explored the many ways that interpersonal relationships persist through, and can even be forged from, times of hardship and transition. This year, we are taking a step back and examining states of inclusion, exclusion, and everything encompassing the threshold between them. What does it mean to be alienated in social, political, economic contexts? What of those who exist on the brink or inside these realms? We are proud to present this year’s Interpretations issue, titled “Within, Without: Liminal Spaces of Inclusion and Exclusion in Literature,” which explores the nuances of the Other and the self within text.